CHEF_SOLO_PROGRAMMATICALLY.md

How to run Chef-Solo programmatically:

require 'chef'
require 'chef/application/solo'

Chef::Config[:solo_legacy_mode] = true
Chef::Config[:cookbook_path] = [File.join(File.absolute_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)), 'cookbooks')]

chef_client = Chef::Application::Solo.new
chef_client.config[:override_runlist] = ['recipe[openvpn::create_consul]']
chef_client.run

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Tricky way to setup attributes programmatically:

require 'chef'
require 'chef/application/solo'

class Chef::Application::Solo
  def set_json_attr(attr_hash)
    @chef_client_json = attr_hash
  end
end


Chef::Config[:solo_legacy_mode] = true
Chef::Config[:cookbook_path] = [File.join(File.absolute_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)), 'cookbooks')]

chef_client = Chef::Application::Solo.new
chef_client.config[:override_runlist] = ['recipe[openvpn::create_consul]']

chef_client.set_json_attr({foo: 'bar'})
chef_client.run